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Postal address:Helleveien 30 N-5045 Bergen Norway
Workplace:Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi (Department of Economics), Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) (Norwegian School of Economics), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. The price of cost-effectiveness thresholds
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics Downloads
    Also in NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2022) Downloads

2022

  1. Competing with precision: incentives for developing predictive biomarker tests
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2022) Downloads
  2. Does Reference Pricing Drive Out Generic Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets? Evidence from a Policy Reform
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2015) Downloads View citations (5)
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2015) Downloads View citations (5)

2021

  1. Competition, quality and integrated health care
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
  2. Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2022)

2018

  1. Hospital Competition in the National Health Service: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2018) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2021)
  2. How does the type of remuneration affect physician behaviour? Fixed salary versus fee-for-service
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads

2017

  1. Competition and Physician Behaviour: Does the Competitive Environment Affect the Propensity to Issue Sickness Certificates?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2019)
  2. Competition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment the propensity to issue sickness certificates?
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (8)

2015

  1. Capital taxation and imperfect competition: ACE vs. CBIT
    Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) Downloads
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014) Downloads View citations (2)
    Discussion Papers, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science (2014) Downloads View citations (3)
    VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2014) Downloads View citations (3)
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2014) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2017)
  2. Do Treatment Decisions Depend on Physicians` Financial Incentives?
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2015) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2017)
  3. Horizontal Mergers and Product Quality
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2014) Downloads View citations (6)
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2014) Downloads View citations (6)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique (2017)
  4. Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2016)
  5. Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (9)
    Also in NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2014) Downloads View citations (1)
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2014) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2015)
  6. Reference pricing with endogenous generic entry
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2015) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2016)
  7. Socioeconomic Status and PhysiciansíTreatment Decisions
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2015) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2018)

2014

  1. Can Competition Reduce Quality?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2012) Downloads View citations (1)
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2012) Downloads View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) (2018)
  2. Hospital Mergers with Regulated Prices
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2017)
  3. Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality and Welfare
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (23)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2011) Downloads View citations (3)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (2)
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2011) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2014)

2013

  1. Diffusion of Pharmaceuticals: Cross-Country Evidence of Anti-TNF drugs
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The European Journal of Health Economics (2014)
  2. Hospital Competition with Soft Budgets
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2012) Downloads View citations (4)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (3)
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2012) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2015)
  3. Hospital Mergers: A Spatial Competition Approach
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2013) Downloads

2012

  1. Margins and Market Shares: Pharmacy Incentives for Generic Substitution
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2010) Downloads View citations (3)
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2010) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2013)

2011

  1. Quality competition with profit constraints: Do non-profit firms provide higher quality than for-profit firms?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2011) Downloads View citations (7)
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2011) Downloads View citations (6)

2010

  1. Competition and Quality in Regulated Markets with Sluggish Demand
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2008) Downloads
  2. Reference Pricing, Competition, and Pharmaceutical Expenditures: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2011)

2009

  1. Hospital Competition and Quality with Regulated Prices
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2008) Downloads View citations (10)

    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2011)
  2. Price and quality in spatial competition
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (2010)

2008

  1. Competition and Quality in Regulated Markets: a Differential-Game Approach
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York (2008) Downloads View citations (7)
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho (2008) Downloads View citations (6)
  2. Pharmaceutical Patents: Incentives for R&D or Marketing?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Regulation, generic competition and pharmaceutical prices: Theory and evidence from a natural experiment
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads View citations (7)

2007

  1. Competition and Waiting Times in Hospital Markets
    NIPE Working Papers, NIPE - Universidade do Minho Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (2)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2007) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2008)
  2. Regulation and Pricing of Pharmaceuticals: Reference Pricing or Price Cap Regulation?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (10)
    Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics (2006) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2009)

2006

  1. Public versus Private Health Care in a National Health Service
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2007)
  2. Reference Pricing of Pharmaceuticals
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics (2005) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2007)

2005

  1. Direct to Consumer Advertising in Pharmaceutical Markets
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics (2003) Downloads View citations (3)
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York Downloads View citations (32)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2006)
  2. Gatekeeping in Health Care
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004, Royal Economic Society (2004) Downloads View citations (2)
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics (2003) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2007)
  3. Patents: Incentives for R&D or Marketing?
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics Downloads

2003

  1. Private Versus Public Health Care in a National Health Service
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society Downloads View citations (1)

2002

  1. Bilateral monopolies and location choice
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (2004)
  2. Quality and location choices under price regulation
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance, WZB Berlin Social Science Center (2002) Downloads View citations (5)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2006)

2000

  1. Hospital Reimbursement in an Oligopolistic Industry
    Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics, University of Bergen
  2. Where are all the Physicans? Private vs. Public Health Care
    Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics, University of Bergen View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2022

  1. Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs
    Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 83, (C) Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2021)

2021

  1. Hospital competition in a national health service: Evidence from a patient choice reform
    Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 79, (C) Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2018)

2020

  1. How Does The Type of Remuneration Affect Physician Behavior?
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 6, (1), 104 - 138 Downloads View citations (3)

2019

  1. Competition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?
    Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, (C), 117-135 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2018

  1. Can Competition Reduce Quality?
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2018, 174, (3), 421-447 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
  2. Socio‐economic status and physicians' treatment decisions
    Health Economics, 2018, 27, (3), e77-e89 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2017

  1. Capital taxation and imperfect competition: ACE vs. CBIT
    Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 147, (C), 1-15 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  2. Competition policy for health care provision in Norway
    Health Policy, 2017, 121, (2), 134-140 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Do treatment decisions depend on physicians' financial incentives?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 155, (C), 74-92 Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  4. Horizontal mergers and product quality
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2017, 50, (4), 1063-1103 Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2017, 50, (4), 1063-1103 (2017) Downloads View citations (11)

    See also Working Paper (2015)
  5. Hospital Mergers with Regulated Prices
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119, (3), 597-627 Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2016

  1. Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income
    Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 50, (C), 372-387 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  2. Reference pricing with endogenous generic entry
    Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 50, (C), 312-329 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2015

  1. Hospital Competition with Soft Budgets
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117, (3), 1019-1048 Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
  2. Price regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 129, (C), 92-105 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2014

  1. Diffusion of pharmaceuticals: cross-country evidence of anti-TNF drugs
    The European Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 15, (9), 937-951 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2013)
  2. Patient mobility, health care quality and welfare
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 105, (C), 140-157 Downloads View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2013

  1. Margins and market shares: Pharmacy incentives for generic substitution
    European Economic Review, 2013, 61, (C), 116-131 Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2012

  1. Competition in Regulated Markets with Sluggish Beliefs about Quality
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2012, 21, (1), 131-178 Downloads View citations (34)
  2. Quality competition with profit constraints
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 84, (2), 642-659 Downloads View citations (83)

2011

  1. Hospital Competition and Quality with Regulated Prices
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113, (2), 444-469 Downloads View citations (114)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
  2. Reference pricing, competition, and pharmaceutical expenditures: Theory and evidence from a natural experiment
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 624-638 Downloads View citations (63)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 624-638 (2011) Downloads View citations (62)

    See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

  1. Competition and quality in health care markets: A differential-game approach
    Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29, (4), 508-523 Downloads View citations (31)
  2. Price and quality in spatial competition
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2010, 40, (6), 471-480 Downloads View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2009

  1. Pharmaceutical Patents: Incentives for Research and Development or Marketing?
    Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 76, (2), 351-374 Downloads
  2. Regulation and pricing of pharmaceuticals: Reference pricing or price cap regulation?
    European Economic Review, 2009, 53, (2), 170-185 Downloads View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

  1. Competition and waiting times in hospital markets
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (7), 1607-1628 Downloads View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

  1. Gatekeeping in health care
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (1), 149-170 Downloads View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
  2. Public versus private health care in a national health service
    Health Economics, 2007, 16, (6), 579-601 Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
  3. Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (3), 613-642 Downloads View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

  1. Direct to consumer advertising in pharmaceutical markets
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (1), 102-130 Downloads View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
  2. Quality and Location Choices under Price Regulation
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2006, 15, (1), 207-227 Downloads View citations (112)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

  1. Bilateral monopolies and location choice
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2004, 34, (3), 275-288 Downloads View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
  2. Competition or Coordination in Hospital Markets with Unionised Labour
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2004, 4, (1), 65-89 Downloads View citations (29)

Chapters

2014

  1. Patient Choice, Mobility and Competition Among Health Care Providers
    Springer View citations (47)
 
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